Washington – The World Bank board of executive directors approved today a US$100 million COVID-19 Response and Recovery Development Policy Loan for Barbados. The operation will support the COVID-19 relief efforts and promote a resilient economic recovery from the crisis. “The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected Barbados, which had been successfully implementing its economic reform programme,” said Tahseen Sayed, World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean. “There have been serious impacts on key sectors such …